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What’s the Secret to Getting In: ADMISSION
Okay, so I’m slipping. Paul Rudd and Tina Fey’s Admission opened the weekend before last. And yes, I did see it in previews, yet I’m just now putting up the post. I suppose it was because originally, I didn’t have a lot to impart about this movie. But I found an interesting tie in this week, which inspired me to write. Fey plays Portia a woman who by her mother’s standards, (a notable feminist activist, played outrageously by Lily Tomlin), didn’t amount to much, even though Portia is one of the top Admission Faculty at Princeton University. Rudd plays John Pressman, a man with a privileged background who prefers to…
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Unexpected Treat: THE SAPPHIRES
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor DELIGHTFULLY RICH AND ENTERTAINING! The Sapphires is everything Sparkle was supposed to be, but even with the help of the late Whitney Houston, couldn’t manage. If you describe The Sapphires as just three sisters and a cousin form a singing group in the 1960’s, then you’re gonna yawn and say, I’ll just watch Dreamgirls again. But you’d be wrong. The Sapphires is not only different because the girls are Australian Aborigines, with a white Irish screw up as their mentor/manager (Chris O’Dowd). It’s different because it just hits every beat and note to perfection and I’m not talking about the Soul soundtrack. Gail (Deborah Mailman)…
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Wanted: A Man! To Be A Blog Contributor That Is
It's mutually beneficial in that it promotes blog traffic, still, I'm very picky when it comes to doing this. I don't want Tinsel & Tine to become too commercial, especially since I don't get paid to post these "Guest Posts"...
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Candi’s Corner: Sinister (On DVD)
I came into the game late with SINISTER. Although a self-professed horror movie buff, I didn’t run off to the movies the weekend that Sinister premiered, much less at all. Chalk it up to being more than jaded...
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Help Restore the Roxy! Supporting The Philadelphia Film Society
The Philadelphia Film Society, the organization which produces the annual Philadelphia Film Festival, will assume operations and reopen the Roxy Theater located in Philadelphia’s historic Rittenhouse Square neighborhood. It will operate as a first-run independent theater, providing festival-type films all year long. The Roxy is due for a facelift, as it has not undergone major building maintenance, upgrades to seating, wall treatments, or carpeting for countless years. Projection updates are also needed, to make the necessary transition from 35mm film projection to digital. In order to attract patrons, the Roxy needs to be welcoming, clean, and state-of-the-art. Restore The Roxy KickStarter Campaign The PFS Theater at the Roxy will provide…
